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February 5, 2014

TOMATO SOUP RECIPE

This is my first post on soup recipes.Tomato soup is the one and only soup i order whenever we go out for dinner.But no two restaurants serve tomato soup in same taste.Everybody has their own variations.Among all the soups i have tasted,i would say the best tasting soup is the one in salem”Lakshmi Hotel’'.It was the bestest.My total family is a big fan of that soup and sometimes we have gone there for dinner just to taste that soup.Every time i keep sniffing the soup to find out the ingredients and i tried many times to recreate the same.At last i succeeded in my attempt.This tastes 90% close to that soup.I got the same color and taste.I have not used carrots or beets here.This is just the original color of tomato.Sendhil and Raksha loved it a lot.Do try this yummy,restaurant style recipe and let me know your feedback.To celebrate the Valentine month,i tried to draw a heart using white pepper powder.Is it looking good friends?.Here is my small attempt in capturing the steam..How is it ?

Tomato soup recipe

Restaurant style yummy tomato soup recipe..

Cuisine:Indian

Category:Soup

Serves:Serves 3

Prep time:10 Minutes

Cook time:20 Minutes

Total time:30 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

To saute

Butter - 1 tbsp

Cinnamon - 1 inch piece

Cloves - 1 no

Bayleaf - 1 no

Garlic cloves - 10 nos

Big onion - 1 no(small size)

Ripe tomatoes - 4 nos(chop finely)

To mix in the soup

Salt - as needed

Sugar - 1/4 tsp

Tomato sauce -1 tbsp

Corn flour - 1 tbsp

Water- 3 cups

Pepper powder - to serve

METHOD

In a pressure cooker base,melt butter.Add the cinnamon,clove and bay leaf.Saute for few seconds.Add onions,chopped garlic cloves and saute well.Finally add the chopped tomato pieces and saute till mushy.

To this,add 3 cups of water, salt and pressure cook in high flame for 3-4 whistles.After the steam is released,remove the bayleaf,cinnamon and grind it with a hand blender or a juicer.

Strain the sediments and discard.Add the bay leaf and cinnamon back to the strained soup.

Now add sugar,tomato sauce,1/4 tsp of white pepper powder and allow it to boil for a minute.Dilute corn flour in little water and add to the soup.Allow it to boil till raw smell emanates completely.

Serve hot with bread croutons.

NOTE

Generally a piece of carrot or beetroot would be added to the tomatoes while cooking to give a nice color.But i din’t use any as my tomatoes itself were ripe with a nice color.

If u add carrot or beetroot,do not grind it along with tomatoes.Please discard them after u pressure cook.

For making bread croutons,cut the bread into slices,apply little oil.Bake in a convection oven at 180c for 20 mins.Flip it once in the middle.U’ll get a super crispy bread croutons which u can serve with this yummy soup.It tastes great !